“We have to deal with this new type of threat in a way we haven’t yet defined. . . . With a low-probability, high-impact event like this . . . If there’s a one percent chance that Pakistani scientists are helping al Qaeda build or develop a nuclear weapon, we have to treat it as a certainty in terms of our response.” IfsWayHelpingTermChanceDealsEventsHavensTypeWeaponsLowsPercentScientistTreatsImpactThreatResponseNuclearDefinedCertaintyAlsNuclear WeaponsProbabilityAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“We haven't really had the time yet to pore through all those records in Baghdad. We'll find ample evidence confirming the link, that is the connection if you will between al Qaida and the Iraqi intelligence services. They have worked together on a number of occasions.” IfsTogetherNumbersRecordsHavensEvidenceConnectionsOccasionsAlsLinksBaghdadIntelligence Services Author:Dick Cheney
“The important thing here to understand is that the people that are at Guantanamo are bad people. I mean, these are terrorists for the most part. These are people that were captured in the battlefield of Afghanistan or rounded up as part of the Al Qaeda network. We've already screened the detainees there and released a number, sent them back to their home countries. But what's left is hard core.” PeopleMeanImportantCountryHardHomeLeftNumbersImportant ThingsCoreTerroristAlsAfghanistanCapturedBattlefieldsBad PeopleAl QaedaGuantanamoHard CoreHome CountryDetainees Author:Dick Cheney
“We're fighting a war on terror because the enemy attacked us first, and hit us hard. ... Al Qaeda's leadership has said they have the right to kill four million Americans,... For nearly six years now, the United States has been able to defeat their attempts to attack us here at home. Nobody can guarantee that we won't be hit again.” YearsFirstsHas BeensSaidWarHardStatesHomeAbleFightingUnitedEnemyMillionsUnited StatesFourSixDefeatTerrorGuaranteesAlsAl QaedaWar On TerrorGuarantees That Author:Dick Cheney
“Like many Americans, I've always been intrigued by Bill Clinton. I obviously didn't always agree with him - enjoyed running against his legacy in 2000, when Al Gore was his designated successor, but I don't have anything negative I would say about Bill Clinton.” RunningNegativeAgreeBillsClintonEnjoyedLegacyAlsGoreIntriguedSuccessors Author:Dick Cheney
“I think, in fact, the situation with respect to al Qaeda, to say that, you know, that was a big attack we had on 9/11, but it's not likely again, I just think that's dead wrong. I think the biggest strategic threat the United States faces today is the possibility of another 9/11 with a nuclear weapon or a biological agent of some kind. And I think al Qaeda is out there even as we meet, trying to figure out how to do that.” ThinkingKnowsTryingKindStatesFactsBigsTodayFacesUnitedSituationUnited StatesFiguresPossibilityWeaponsThreatTerrorismNuclearAgentsAlsNuclear WeaponsStrategic Author:Dick Cheney
“It’s clearly established in terms of training, provision of bomb-making experts, training of people with respect to chemical and biological warfare capabilities, that al-Qaeda sent personnel to Iraq for training and so forth.” PeopleTermTrainingIraqExpertsBombsAlsChemicalsCapabilityWarfareProvisionAl QaedaPersonnelBiological Warfare Author:Dick Cheney
“The biggest threat we face is the possibility of terrorist groups like al Qaeda equipped with weapons of mass destruction, with nukes, bugs or gas. That was the threat after 9/11 and when we took down Saddam Hussein we eliminated Iraq as a potential source of that.” FacesGroupsPossibilitySourceWeaponsMassDestructionThreatIraqTerroristGasAlsSaddamBugsHusseinWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionAl QaedaNukesTerrorist Groups Author:Dick Cheney
“There's overwhelming evidence that there was a connection between Al Qaeda and the Iraqi government.” GovernmentEvidenceConnectionsAlsOverwhelmingAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“Saddam Hussein had a lengthy history of reckless and sudden aggression. He cultivated ties to terror -- hosting the Abu Nidal organization, supporting terrorists, and making payments to the families of suicide bombers. He also had an established relationship with Al Qaida -- providing training to Al Qaida members in areas of poisons, gases and conventional bombs. He built, possessed, and used weapons of mass destruction.” UsedMembersWeaponsMassTrainingBuiltAreasDestructionOrganizationSuicideTerrorTerroristTiesPoisonBombsAlsPossessedProvidingAggressionConventionalSaddamHusseinPaymentRecklessWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionBombersLengthySuicide Bombers Author:Dick Cheney
“His regime has had high-level contacts with al Qaeda going back a decade and has provided training to al Qaeda terrorists.” LevelsTrainingIraqDecadesTerroristContactAlsRegimesAl QaedaHigh Level Author:Dick Cheney
“In Iraq, a ruthless dictator cultivated weapons of mass destruction and the means to deliver them. He gave support to terrorists, had an established relationship with al Qaeda, and his regime is no more.” MeanSupportStupidWeaponsMassDestructionIraqTerroristAlsRegimesDictatorRuthlessWeapons Of Mass DestructionMass DestructionAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
“When we get people who are more concerned about reading the rights to an Al Qaeda terrorist than they are with protecting the United States against people who are absolutely committed to do anything they can to kill Americans, then I worry.” PeopleStatesReadingUnitedWorryUnited StatesRightsConcernedCommittedTerroristAlsAl Qaeda Author:Dick Cheney
